AFL-CIO ramps up campaign to protect Social Security
The AFL-CIO is ramping up its campaign to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from threatened future cuts by the congressional so-called "Super Committee."
Not this old lady! GOP caught in “Grannygate” SB 5 scam
The granny in "Grannygate" is Marlene Quinn, a 78-year-old Cincinnati woman whose grandson and great granddaughter were saved by firefighters in a house fire a year ago.
Eyewitness describes brutality in tobacco fields
"What we saw was never to be imagined: When the work day ends, farm workers - men, women, and children - returned to grim camps."
Occupy Oaklanders vigil for injured vet
On the evening of Oct. 27, over a thousand people held a vigil for Iraq veteran Scott Olsen, seriously hurt two days earlier when he was struck in the head by a police tear gas canister.
Chicago lawmakers: It’s time to decriminalize possession of pot
Several aldermen announced they plan to introduce an ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana caught on people by the police.
Attacks on protesters backfire as Occupy raises the heat on banks
More than 100 arrests in Oakland, unions, their allies, and now Amnesty International have all condemned the use of tear gas.
Journey by bus to a state capital: A firsthand account
It was six in the morning of Oct. 26 and two busloads of motivated Chicago teachers and friends were on their way to Springfield to rally and lobby to protect their pensions.
Anti-union water outfit now in court on contamination charge
One of the nation's biggest private water companies, which is pursuing an anti-union campaign, is also in federal court for water contamination and an attempted cover-up.
Occupy Chicago: A first hand account
With the crowd chanting and drums and brass playing, the police slowly started surrounding the crowd.
Civil rights groups say: Tell MSNBC to fire Pat Buchanan
Buchanan has written a new book that predicts among other things the '"end of white America."
